General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£50,000	-	17,293 17.66%	6,568
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£67,500	-	12,932 13.21%	5,116
Analytical Skills	27	Down -19 places-19	£54,296	-1.28%	5,069 5.18%	2,697
Marketing	36	Down -15 places-15	£47,500	-5.00%	4,192 4.28%	1,890
Public Sector	39	Up 34 places+34	£60,000	-	3,736 3.82%	1,300
Manufacturing	45	Down -20 places-20	£50,000	+2.56%	3,256 3.33%	1,200
Retail	48	Down -16 places-16	£52,500	+16.66%	3,066 3.13%	1,368
Law	57	Down -26 places-26	£60,000	+14.28%	2,687 2.74%	1,021
Inclusion and Diversity	61	Down -45 places-45	£55,000	-	2,562 2.62%	839
Legal	68	Down -6 places-6	£60,000	+4.34%	2,397 2.45%	1,224
Organisational Skills	93	Up 16 places+16	£37,739	-1.97%	1,919 1.96%	1,030
Banking	95	Down -61 places-61	£82,500	-	1,848 1.89%	718
Telecoms	121	Up 2 places+2	£45,000	+5.88%	1,557 1.59%	751
Games	122	Up 83 places+83	£50,000	+11.11%	1,549 1.58%	328
Electronics	161	Down -107 places-107	£52,500	-4.54%	1,231 1.26%	391
Aerospace	181	Up 125 places+125	£55,000	+2.32%	1,111 1.13%	440
Influencing Skills	189	Up 55 places+55	£70,000	+7.69%	1,043 1.07%	549
Automotive	210	Up 105 places+105	£50,000	-	914 0.93%	299
Presentation Skills	218	Down -96 places-96	£55,000	-4.34%	884 0.90%	578
Advertising	263	Down -61 places-61	£50,000	-	724 0.74%	305
Local Government	299	Up 67 places+67	£51,762	+2.32%	621 0.63%	244
Pharmaceutical	319	Up 39 places+39	£55,000	+10.00%	571 0.58%	216
Documentation Skills	356	Up 39 places+39	£52,500	-4.54%	490 0.50%	168
Back Office	377	Up 48 places+48	£55,000	-21.42%	448 0.46%	124
Financial Institution	381	Down -131 places-131	£85,000	+3.03%	438 0.45%	186
Military	387	Down -15 places-15	£42,500	-15.00%	426 0.44%	230
Aviation	405	Up 94 places+94	£65,000	+33.08%	398 0.41%	106
Billing	413	Up 39 places+39	£47,000	+10.58%	382 0.39%	213
Front Office	441	Down -243 places-243	£100,000	-13.04%	346 0.35%	130
French Language	497	Down -135 places-135	£45,000	-5.26%	270 0.28%	84
German Language	506	Down -167 places-167	£40,000	+5.26%	259 0.26%	121
Multimedia	516	Up 101 places+101	£30,500	-14.08%	243 0.25%	440
Health Technology	523	Up 2 places+2	£60,000	-7.69%	236 0.24%	88
Legal Technology	532	Up 46 places+46	£75,000	+15.38%	225 0.23%	97
Investment Banking	573	Down -257 places-257	£105,000	-6.66%	181 0.18%	103
Publishing	576	Down -76 places-76	£50,000	-21.87%	178 0.18%	113
Social Housing	589	Up 56 places+56	£55,000	+10.00%	165 0.17%	33
Spanish Language	618	Up 5 places+5	£54,000	+2.85%	135 0.14%	47
Agriculture	628	Down -20 places-20	£43,500	-20.90%	125 0.13%	34
Fire and Rescue	643	Down -4 places-4	£55,000	+16.42%	110 0.11%	38
Tech for Good	648	Down -100 places-100	£66,250	+3.51%	105 0.11%	29
Police	650	Down -85 places-85	£58,728	+19.51%	103 0.11%	72
Digital Health	651	Down -27 places-27	£52,500	-19.23%	102 0.10%	54
General Ledger	653	Down -37 places-37	£61,250	-5.76%	100 0.10%	60
Italian Language	660	Down -16 places-16	£55,000	-24.13%	93 0.095%	34
Brand Awareness	663	Down -59 places-59	£55,000	+83.33%	90 0.092%	45
Mandarin Language	669	Down -38 places-38	£47,500	-29.62%	84 0.086%	26
Japanese Language	670	Down -14 places-14	£56,450	-5.91%	83 0.085%	17
Portuguese Language	670	Down -10 places-10	£58,250	+100.86%	83 0.085%	17
Digital Healthcare	671	Down -12 places-12	£60,000	-7.69%	82 0.084%	27